“I have nothing to say. This is a man who wrote the history of this sport, he works for a great club and I respect him.

“I have been playing football for 18 years and I can tell you one thing: It’s not easy being Gianluigi Buffon!

“Whenever I make a mistake, people talk about it for a week to 10 days, it’s as if the ground beneath our feet is shaking! On the other hand, at least that means people expect very high standards of me.”